does cigarette lighter port have to be active with the 12volts from battery? some cars, the cigarette lighter port shuts off when car is shut off.
18573
The port we used was just the accessories port that had nothing to do with the cigarette lighter. Didn't think they put lighters in vehicles any more. We just plugged it in, put the panel on the dash, left for 5 weeks. Worked beautifully.
18574
I have a '99 Oldsmobile Silhouette van and it works beautifully. Plug it in, put the panel on top the dashboard, and leave.
18575
If there is no circuit between the battery and the cigarette lighter you would have to use the battery clips.....
1421620
I only use mine with an adapter and plug it into a wall socket. I you leave it plugged into your cigarette lighter and the engine isn't running, it will run down the battery. My cigarette lighter doesn't have power unless the car is running, anyway.
1368125
It would matter what fuse you hook it up if it would stay on with the car off. Mine is hook up to the same circut as the cigarette lighter. It uses so little power it would take week for it would take weeks to kill the battery.
1361353
no, plugs into your lighter port. unless your lighter port does not stay on if your is not running.
1070021
Yes, because most vehicles AC power or cigarette lighter ports are not hot or on when the key is not in it. But if you turn your radio on by turning your key to the AC on the car will not be on but the power will be and yes it will work then.
1100905
In my experience, GM cars don't cut off power to the cigarette lighter when the ignition is off; whereas, Toyotas and Nissans (and I'm sure others) do cut off power to cigarette lighter plugs with the ignition off. Whenever the adapter is plugged in, this device uses some relatively small amount of power to illuminate the blue LEDs; I'm not sure how much power the blue LED lighting uses, but I'm sure it's not too much.
919568
depends on if your 12V outlet stays live when you take the key out of the ignition. If it turns off, like most cars, then the seat heater will turn off also. But if your outlet always has power, then yes, it will drain your battery.
1694267
The easiest way to answer this is if your cigarette lighter works when your ignition key is off, the charger will work just fine. I would not recommend leaving the key on so the charger will work if that is what is needed.
2225840
Daniel,I returned my 2798 so don't have all the answers. If your accessory plug-in (cigarette lighter) loses power when you shut off you car, the 2798 will shut down automatically. It will then turn on automatically when you start your car.Tracy
1466661
Depends on how is your cigarette lighter wired. Most cars need the key to be turned to "accessories" in order for the cigarette lighter to have power. Once you have power you can run the fan, how long depends on your car's battery capacity. If you run the fan too long you will drain your car battery. If you do not want to drain your car battery, then you need to run your engine in order to recharge the battery as the fan drains it. So for short periods of time, no you do not need to run your engine, if you want the fan to run overnight, then most likely without running the engine you will drain your battery.
1709704
Whenever there is power to the 12 outlet it is pluged into, yes. Some vehicals supply power to those 12v outlets/Cig lighters only when the key is on. And some supply power for 5 -10 min after the vehical is off or until the headlights turn off (courtesy lights). Some older vehicals supplied power continuously.
1551251
Yes, if your car's cigarette outlet stays powered on when the car is powered off. The camera goes into a sleep mode where it only turns on when it detects motion to try and not drain your car battery. You can change the sensitivity of this feature. If your 12V outlet turns off with when your car turns off, then you will need to rewire the outlet a little or just wire the camera directly into the car's battery/fuse box. Another thing to note, my battery was getting old and alternator was apparently failing.... so leaving this plugged in without turning the car on for an entire weekend drained my battery to the point were the car would not start Monday morning. My boss was not pleased when I was late to work, trying to get a jump from my kind neighbor. Replacing the battery and alternator, I have not had this issue again. Just a warning, it does drain some power.
1832858
Yes. Plugs into a cig. lighter socket. On/off button. If the socket powers up only when ignition is on, the unit will turn on and off with the ignition.
990485
You should use cigarette lighter especially if your cigarette lighter turns off when key is out. The unit will then turn on and off so that you won't forget. Yes, it needs power all the time. The battery inside does not last that long.
1770506
Yes you could sort of. Not all cigarette lighters are 'live' when you turn off your car. It seems to me it about 50-50 depending on the car brand and model.So if you cigarette lighter IS NOT 'live' when you turn off the car this this would not work.
83892
If you mean the port that you plug electrical things into, then yes. Just don't plug it into the cigarette port. I hope this helps considering I can't determine exactly what a "car charger port thing" is and what you're looking at.
34254
Does your car charger port shut off if you turned off the engine and remove the key? If it is the camera should turned off with in the time you set it up. And if the car port don't turn off after shutting off the engine you're going to do it manually.Hope this help.